Swimming at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 400 metre individual medley explained

Event:	Men's 400 metre individual medley
Championship:	2022 World Aquatics Championships
Dates:	18 June (heats and final)
Venue:	Danube Arena
Location:	Budapest, Hungary
Competitors:	30
Nations:	25
Win Value:	4:04.28
Gold:	Léon Marchand
Gold Nation:	FRA
Silver:	Carson Foster
Silver Nation:	USA
Bronze:	Chase Kalisz
Bronze Nation:	USA
Prev:	2019
Next:	2023

The Men's 400 metre individual medley competition at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships was held on 18 June 2022.^{[1] [2]}

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.

The following record was established during the competition:

Results

Heats

The heats were started at 10:54.^[3]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	3			4:09.09	Q, NR
2	3	5			4:09.60	Q
3	3	4			4:10.32	Q
4	4	4			4:10.51	Q
5	3	7			4:10.87	Q
6	4	2			4:12.24	Q
7	4	3			4:12.39	Q
8	4	5			4:12.50	Q
9	4	6			4:13.72
10	4	7			4:13.89
11	2	3			4:14.81
12	4	1			4:15.44
13	3	1			4:16.40
14	3	6			4:17.85
14	4	9			4:17.85
16	3	0			4:19.09
17	4	0			4:19.74
18	2	2			4:19.99
19	4	8			4:20.53
20	2	5			4:20.78
21	3	9			4:22.96
22	2	6			4:24.05
23	2	8			4:24.23	NR
24	3	2			4:26.06
25	2	4			4:28.35
26	2	7			4:29.73
27	1	4			4:30.20
28	2	1			4:31.15
29	1	5			4:43.16
30	1	3			5:14.91
	3	8

Final

The final was held at 19:25.^[4]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4			4:04.28	CR, ER
	5			4:06.56
	3			4:07.47
4	1			4:10.98
5	8			4:11.36
6	6			4:11.93
7	7			4:12.20
8	2			4:15.17

Notes and References

1. Web site: Schedule. fina.org. 15 June 2022.
2. Web site: Start list. omegatiming.com. 16 June 2022.
3. Web site: Heats results. omegatiming.com. 18 June 2022.
4. Web site: Final results. omegatiming.com. 18 June 2022.